Pike County Holiday Classic

[BadVlad27]

ttt

[danicalifornia]

I see Eastern pushing Piketon, but the Streaks getting the W. Then, Piketon's ability to have 3 guys score will put them over top of Waverly in the Finals. Eastern over Western in a tight one for 3rd.

[chef_piketon]

Only one page of banter, predictions, and the like. Where is everyone as The Chef gets lonely here in The Oven with the kids out on break. The Chef thinks this version of The Classic shapes up nicely.

[Lightle04]

I think there's potential for games to be competative this year I know the boy from Western are excited to go to the arena and play. Good luck to all the teams this year.

[Eaglesnest]

Anyone have any info on the Redstreaks? I know they lost alot to graduation? Who are their best players now?

I look forward to getting a look at all the pike County teams and will be pulling for the Eagles to get win tomorrow night!

[lebasketball]

little info on the 4 teams. This is without a score for the Western Vs. East game as i don't have it
Piketon (4-1)
Points for 306 Points Allowed 212
Opponents Records 12-17
1 Loss to 6-0 Huntington

Waverly (4-2)
Points for 302 Points allowed 259
Opponents Record 22-15
Lost to Ironton 7-0 Warren 7-0

Eastern (3-2)
Points for 285 Points Allowed 275
Opponents Record 15-13

Western (2-3)
Points for 152 Points Allowed 238
Opponents Record 11-16

[pfloyd]

lebasketball ... I have the Western win over Ports. East as 40-33 Western ... thanks for putting together the info!!! - good stuff right there! ...

[bookem13]

The Streaks lost a lot, but it seems they have kids stepping up and filling the holes left by graduation. You aren't going to replace Evan Legg, but they seem to have several kids who can score in bunches on any given night (Moore, Farmer, Brabson, and I think another player has been in double figures a couple times). Waverly has that ability as well, but haven't shown it against a quality team. We can depend on Kretzer scoring 20+ every game, but we have seen that isn't the cure-all against quality teams. Jean Paul White, Devin Kelly and Philip Hart have to shoot the ball with confidence, and not be afraid to fire that tomato when they have an open look. I thought against Ironton they were hesitant to pull the trigger (Kelly wasn't, just had a tough shooting night), waiting for Jake to do something with the ball. If we can get some confidence from our outside shooters, this team can be very dangerous with the way they get after it on the defensive end (and with the dramatic improvement from last year in the turnover column).

I'm excited to see the 2011-12 version of the Eagles and Indians as well. It sounds as if Coach Jordan really has the troops fired up on the West side...that's awesome and great to see for a group of kids who have been through some tough times. Coach Fitch has the Eagles scrapping as well, and it wouldn't surprise me if they gave Piketon fits in the opening round. I think we're all in for some good basketball!

[crazymidgets]

JV tournament today at piketon. Western vs Waverly at 1:30 then Piketon vs Eastern following that. Think this will be a good day to take off early and catch ball all day.
Anyone have information on JV records of these teams curious as to what each school has coming up?

[eagles73Taylor]

Should be a fun day of basketball, Piketons JV's have lost 1 game to Southeastern. They are pretty well rounded with shooting, size and athleticism.

[crazymidgets]

Thanks Eagle73 you buying the popcorn today?

[jackyl]

Would have liked to see the jv games played early in the week.perhaps in the evenings with parents having to work and all

[lebasketball]

I Agree with Jackyl and the fact that the players whom play JV and Varsity for Piketon and Eastern are going to have all of an hour or so between games at different locations. This wasn't very well planned out.

[bengalfan76]

I Agree with Jackyl and the fact that the players whom play JV and Varsity for Piketon and Eastern are going to have all of an hour or so between games at different locations. This wasn't very well planned out.

Its a five minute bus ride. Not a big deal. However, I would have liked to see them earlier in the week.

[lebasketball]

I stand by my last statement that the JV Classic was not very well planned out. Take off work early to see a forfeit. Western claimed to know nothing about having a game at piketon today. Waverly takes the first classic W without stepping foot on the court.

[Lightle04]

Western didn't even know there was a jv tourny !

[bengalfan76]

Wow thats not good

[lebasketball]

That's why i said it wasn't very well planned out lightle04. Waverly didn't know until Tuesday night.

[Lightle04]

Well from now on at least all the schools will be ready. The first year for these find of events can be shaky. Props to piketon for trying to get the ball rolling though.

[crazymidgets]

lol someone didnt get the memo.... I was going to go to this glad i didnt make it now, wish i would have said something about it yesterday on here Western might have known. Lightle would have seen it lol